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In the year 1943

1,589 Notable birthdays

Peter Smith

Roman catholic archbishop (1943-2020).

Born October 21st, 1943 in Battersea.

Died March 6th, 2020 at 76 years old in Chelsea (cancer). [ref]

Angelo Anquilletti

Italian footballer (1943-2015).

Born April 25th, 1943 in San Donato Milanese.

Died January 9th, 2015 at 71 years old in Milan.

Nate Bowman

American basketball player (1943-1984).

Born March 19th, 1943 in Fort Worth.

Died December 11th, 1984 at 41 years old in New York City.

Kim Jung-nam

South korean footballer and manager.

Born January 28th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Seoul.

Walter Villa

Italian motorcycle racer (1943–2002).

Born August 13th, 1943 in Castelnuovo Rangone.

Died June 18th, 2002 at 58 years old in Modena (myocardial infarction).

Peter Vetsch

Swiss architect.

Born March 14th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Sennwald.

Robert Axelrod

American political scientist (b. 1943).

Born May 27th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Chicago.

Kiril Dojčinovski

Macedonian footballer (1943–2022).

Born October 17th, 1943 in Skopje.

Died August 10th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]

Pedro Pablo León

Peruvian footballer (1943–2020).

Born June 29th, 1943 in Lima. [ref]

Died May 9th, 2020 at 76 years old in Lima (pneumonia, kidney failure). [ref]

Peter Struck

German politician (1943-2012).

Born January 24th, 1943 in Göttingen.

Died December 19th, 2012 at 69 years old in Charité (myocardial infarction).

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly

President of mauritania (1943-2019).

Born January 1st, 1943 in Tidjikja.

Died March 16th, 2019 at 76 years old in Nouakchott (cancer). [ref]

Dominique Labourier

French actress.

Born April 29th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Reims. [ref]

Charo López

Spanish actress.

Born October 28th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Salamanca.

Moshe Zimmermann

Israeli historian.

Born December 25th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Jerusalem.

Takis Ikonomopoulos

Greek footballer (1943–2025).

Born October 19th, 1943 in Kallithea.

Died February 10th, 2025 at 81 years old in Athens (stroke). [ref]

Ryszard Bugajski

Polish film director, screenwriter, writer (1943-2019).

Born April 27th, 1943 in Warsaw.

Died June 7th, 2019 at 76 years old in Warsaw (disease). [ref]

Andrej Bajuk

Prime minister of slovenia (1943-2011).

Born October 18th, 1943 in Ljubljana.

Died August 16th, 2011 at 67 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]

Coutinho

Brazilian footballer and manager (1943-2019).

Born June 11th, 1943 in Piracicaba.

Died March 11th, 2019 at 75 years old in Santos (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Manfred Schaefer

Australian soccer player (1943–2023).

Born February 12th, 1943 in Baltiysk.

Died March 28th, 2023 at 80 years old in Sydney. [ref]

Mario Lavista

Mexican composer (1943–2021).

Born April 3rd, 1943 in Mexico City.

Died November 4th, 2021 at 78 years old in Mexico City. [ref]

Zoltán Jeney

Hungarian composer (1943–2019).

Born March 4th, 1943 in Szolnok.

Died October 28th, 2019 at 76 years old [ref]

Iñaki Azkuna

Spanish politician (1943-2014).

Born February 14th, 1943 in Durango. [ref]

Died March 20th, 2014 at 71 years old in Bilbao (prostate cancer). [ref]

Ricardo Pavoni

Uruguayan footballer.

Born July 8th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Montevideo.

Roald Jensen

Norwegian footballer (1943–1987).

Born January 11th, 1943 in Bergen.

Died October 6th, 1987 at 44 years old in Bergen.

Steve Clark

American swimmer.

Born June 17th, 1943 in Oakland.

Died April 14th, 2026 at 82 years old [ref]

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